89-year-old WW II veteran still on duty in Glenwood, Iowa

It has been six decades since Myron Roker served in the 324th Infantry Regiment Association on the European front, but every year he puts on his uniform and packs his war memorabilia for a different mission.

WELCOME BACK. 68 YEARS AGO THIS WEEK.. ..THE ALLIES CELEBRATED VICTORY IN EUROPE.. ..WITH áTOTAL VICTORY IN WORLD WAR 2 ..ONLY MONTHS AWAY. WITH FEW THAT FOUGHT IN THE WAR STILL ALIVE, ONE AREA VETERAN IS MAKING SURE HIS MEMORIES SURVIVE. NEW TONIGHT.. KETV NEWSWATCH 7'S MOLLY MILES BRINGS YOU THE STORY OF A GLENWOOD MAN PASSING THEM ON TO A NEW GENERATION. More than 6 decades after Myron Roker fought on the European front, the 89-year-old puts on his uniform for another mission,( Myron Roker "Part of history would be lost if we didn't talk about it .." )Every year he packs up his war memorabilia and heads over to West Elementary in Glenwood. (diane Goose, 5th grade teacher, "This is the 11th year I have had Mr. Roker come and speak to my students, and they really enjoy it, they enjoy hearing his history and all of his memories." )Myron's stories bring learning to life for these fifth graders. (Stories Nat pop)(Goose, "It's a real person that has experienced it, that has actually gone experienced it, that person that has (Goose, "It's a real person that has experienced it, that has actually gone through it, and that makes a big difference rather than just reading it out of a book." )(Stories Nat pop)Some of Myron's stories...provide a somber reminder of the impacts of war. (Roker, "If I kind of break down you will have to forgive me,")He recounts December 29th, 1944, The day myron and his comrade Mike were sharing a cup of coffee, when Mike had to go check on some land mines. (Roker, "About 5 minutes later I heard a big explosion and it was what I feared...it took Mike's chest and his face off.")Those stories aren't easy to tell, but Myron says they are worth sharing.( Roker, "So the children know that freedom costs." )Myron's souvenirs from the war include more than pictures, he came home with shrapnel in his leg, a purple heart, and memories of hard battles. In total he served 204 days in combat. (Roker, "And I never missed a one of them, and I was wounded.")Even so, Myron says he isn't a hero. In fact, he did this story under one condition--he wouldn't be portrayed as one.(Roker, "The heroes are the 500 men we lost, not only from our regimen, but all branches of service and also the one that are maimed, that lost limbs, those are the ones that are heroes." )A hero?(Roker says, "I did what 99% percent of soldiers would have done,")I guess not...Myron just better not ask any of these 5th graders.In Glenwood, Molly Miles, KETV Newswatch 7. MYRON SERVED IN THE 324TH INFANTRY REGIMENT ASSOCIATION..